Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 941
The following machine for turning gun-barrels is in general use in the foreign govern-ment workshops. GUN-BARRELS, Lathe for Turning. The object of this machine is to perform an operation entirelydifferent from that produced by the several motions of the common turning-lathe. In this case, thecurve… … The bed h is secured by three bolts a a a to the side flames or standards a a, which have also fixedto them a tank o for receiving the waste oil and the iron turnings from the barrel being turned; onihe top of the bed is placed the headstock frame ;, for carrying the several parts of the machinery;…
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